What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychologist position at Behavioral Framework?
Behavioral Framework – a leading provider of ABA therapy to children diagnosed with autism - is looking for a Psychologist!
Behavioral Framework Highlights
The Psychologist has two main responsibilities:
Clinical Responsibilities:
EOE
Behavioral Framework is committed to equitable treatment for all employees, clients, and their families. We welcome and respect the diversity of the families we serve, and we focus our organizational efforts to build a culture of respect, dignity, fairness, caring, equality, and self-esteem.
We believe our strength comes from the shared experiences of our employees, clients, and community. We pride ourselves on serving a diverse population and always seeking to hire, retain, and promote from a wide variety of backgrounds.
#Tennessee
Behavioral Framework Highlights
- Behavioral Framework is devoted to the pursuit of providing excellent, honest, and compassionate care within the autism community.
- We believe in the dedication and passion of our professional team and the science behind ABA to make a difference in the families and children we serve.
- Ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for 3 consecutive years.
- 1 of 4 Autism providers in the country to earn 3-year accreditation telehealth from the Behavioral Health Center of Excellence.
The Psychologist has two main responsibilities:
- conducting diagnostic evaluations for individuals ages 1 to 21, evaluating results, and delivering treatment recommendations to families.
- providing clinically excellent supervision to postdoctoral fellows, master’s level psychometricians, and doctoral externs.
Clinical Responsibilities:
- Selects, administers, scores, and interprets psychological tests and complete psychological assessments.
- Conduct diagnostic evaluations using standardized assessments (e.g. ADOS-2, ADI-R, MIGDAS-2) for autism and differential diagnosis.
- Develop and deliver appropriate, individualized treatment recommendations to families.
- Provide high quality and efficient clinical services and reports.
- Participate in continuity of care for children evaluated and diagnosed.
- Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary clinical team.
- Provide clinical supervision to postdoctoral fellows, master’s level psychometricians (psychology associates), and doctoral externs in clinical psychology:
- Plan and execute weekly individual supervision sessions for pre-licensed clinicians, including training, direct and indirect observation (including live observations, video-based observations, and review of permanent products), and progress monitoring.
- Plan and executive weekly group supervision sessions, to include case presentations, delivering didactic presentations, and facilitating group interactions between pre-licensed clinicians at various professional levels.
- Review and provide feedback on test administration, scoring, and report writing.
- Share observations with Program Lead for purposes of monitoring performance of pre-licensed clinicians and develop plans to provide additional support as needed.
- Maintain supervision forms in an organized, shared location as directed by Clinical Leadership and in accordance with state mandates and ethical guidelines.
- Stay up to date on current and relevant ethical codes, guidelines, and requirements.
- Additional opportunities are available based on a candidate’s interest and experience. This could include providing offering post-diagnosis processing groups, research projects, community outreach, and parent coaching.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Planning & Project Management - Develops project plans; coordinates projects; communicates changes and progress; completes projects on time and budget. Manage multiple deadlines and changing priorities; prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.
- Customer Orientation - Demonstrates concern for satisfying one's external and/or internal customers; quickly and effectively solves customer problems; talks to customers (internal or external) to find out what they want and how satisfied they are with what they are getting; finds ways to measure and track customer satisfaction.
- Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; seeks ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality. Demonstrates attention to detail. Meets Deadlines. Consistently completes tasks, projects, and assignments on time.
- Adaptability – Adapts to changes in the work environment; able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events. Works well under stress.
- Judgment - exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions.
- Critical Thinking - Proactive anticipation of issues; develops solutions.
- Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently.
- Teamwork – Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views and ideas; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of practice above own interests.
- Interpersonal Relationships – Works to build and maintain healthy relationships with co-workers, clients, and others. Focuses on solving conflicts with win/win solutions; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control.
- Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; writes clearly and informatively; reads and interprets written information.
- Results - Focuses on completing essential tasks within an appropriate timeframe; is effective at setting priorities; demonstrates proficiency in both the quality and quantity of work; effectiveness of performance under pressure and/or opposition. Able to delegate responsibilities effectively.
- Doctorate in clinical psychology
- State license or eligibility
- 3 years clinical experience required, which may include internships, externships, or fellowships
- Experience with diverse population preferred
- Certification in good standing and appropriate State licensure.
- Knowledge of the behavioral health industry and terms.
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement best practices related to training.
- Proficient knowledge of computer systems including Excel and Word.
- Knowledge of industry regulations.
- Experience administering Autism specific assessment screeners and diagnostic tools (ADOS-2, ADI-R, MIDGAS-2, CARS-2, Vineland, SRS, etc.) is preferred.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work 40 hours per week.
- Ability to work cooperatively with others.
- Must comply with practice policies and procedures.
- Requires regular in-office schedule.
- Physical activities include standing for long periods of time, sitting for long periods of time, walking, bending, kneeling.
- Must be able to reach, pull, and push.
- Requires manual dexterity, auditory and visual skills.
- Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.
EOE
Behavioral Framework is committed to equitable treatment for all employees, clients, and their families. We welcome and respect the diversity of the families we serve, and we focus our organizational efforts to build a culture of respect, dignity, fairness, caring, equality, and self-esteem.
We believe our strength comes from the shared experiences of our employees, clients, and community. We pride ourselves on serving a diverse population and always seeking to hire, retain, and promote from a wide variety of backgrounds.
#Tennessee
Salary : $120,000